ISU researcher helps find ancient solar system

A paper recently published and co-authored by an Iowa State University professor creates a larger possibility for scientists to find the existence of other life in the galaxy.

Steve Kawaler, professor of physics and astronomy at ISU, co-authored the paper, “An Ancient Extrasolar System with Five Sub-Earth-Size Planets,” and the research was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal. Under the direction of lead author Tiago Campante, a research fellow at the Universi...